Fantasy WC – Friday 9th December

Had stuff on last night so couldn’t do an update – same applies tonight, off to see Paolo Nutini (at the same time as the England game 🤦‍♂️!), so don’t expect an update til tomorrow.

CROATIA 0 BRAZIL 0 (1-1 AET – CROATIA WIN 4-2 ON PENALTIES)
16 managers get points from Luka Modrić’s penalty, as does Ben Corrie from Nikola Vlašić. Gisela Mowles, Steve Smith and Shaun Sparkes get a clean sheet from Joško Gvardiol.
18 managers get points from Neymar’s 2nd goal of the tournament. Emma Bisset, Paul Maiden, Christopher Grierson and Martin Grierson get a clean sheet from Alisson – as do Ste Corbett and Ben Corrie from Marquinhos (who also picked up a booking).

NETHERLANDS 2 ARGENTINA 2 (AET – ARGENTINA WIN 4-2 ON PENALTIES)
16 managers lose points from Virgil van Dijk’s penalty miss. Dave Nicholls, Chris Mowles, Melvin Pool, Ewan White, Martin Grierson, James Grierson and David Owen lose points from Denzel Dumfries’s sending off (yep, the idiot got a 2nd booking after the pens!). Allan Jones, Colin Eunson and Steve Smith lose points from Steven Bergwijn’s booking, as do Paul Maiden and Philip Haigh from Memphis Depay.
22 managers get 14 points from Lionel Messi’s brace, assist and booking. James Grierson, Gary Nelson and Tracey Corrie get 12 points from Emiliano Martínez’s penalty saves.

POS	MANAGER	TEAM	TEAM NO.	PLAYERS LEFT	TIEBREAK	GD	POINTS
1	Melvin Pool	Melvinho XI	10	4	167	22	287
2	Gisela Mowles	Hopp Schwiiz	6	5	168	21	269
3	Michael Grierson	Grio FC	24	4	185	4	261
4	Albert Au	WeDontTakeLs	23	4	188	1	255
5	James Grierson	Toffee Down Under	15	4	185	4	255
6	Jason Harrison	Brutal Deluxe	8	4	174	15	254
7	Shaun Sparkes	Do You Put The Kekkle On	35	6	214	25	253
8	Kevin Robinson	Boro Lad	19	5	191	2	251
9	Ewan White	The Briggs Ballers	11	6	223	34	249
10	Chris Mowles	Out in the Quarters	5	4	174	15	246
11	Ste Corbett	No Chance FC	7	5	164	25	244
12	Steve Smith	Cube of sixty four	16	4	227	38	241
13	Josh Wignall	Haven’t Jota clue	25	4	168	21	238
14	Allan Jones	AllStars	2	5	190	1	233
15	Mike Sparkes	Bluemoon	31	5	172	17	229
16	Christopher Grierson	Qatar Payoff	12	4	213	24	228
17	Martin Grierson	The Jester’s Tear	14	4	161	28	228
18	Ian O’Brien	Boss Nights	4	4	144	45	228
19	Paul Maiden	Pride of Europe	9	4	185	4	226
20	Ross Hunt	Last Minute 11	33	4	154	35	223
21	Lauren Haigh	Rodri, you plonker	29	4	165	24	222
22	Dave Nicholls	CuddaWuddaShudda	3	4	170	19	221
23	Neil Metcalf	Jubilee Invincibles	26	5	210	21	215
24	Emma Bisset	GodsHand	1	3	159	30	207
25	Madison and Rhys	Mad dogs	32	5	162	27	205
26	David Owen	Dasus United	22	4	173	16	204
27	Tracey Corrie	Ta-ra Qatar	27	5	160	29	204
28	Ben Donafee	Karim Bensteama	30	4	166	23	203
29	Philip Haigh	Sonly a Game	18	4	152	37	198
30	Gary Nelson	MMDG	21	4	278	89	197
31	Robin Horsler	No Transfer Demons	20	4	123	66	187
32	Nick & Emma	Nick & Emma	28	3	180	9	183
33	Paul Sparkes	Best team in all the land and world	34	4	135	54	183
34	Ben Corrie	Jack Warner’s brown envelope	17	5	151	38	170
35	Colin Eunson	UE’s go aussie	13	5	165	24	158